bsmphilly.com Topics: george tomezskohttp://www.bsmphilly.com/topics/george-tomezsko/?utm_medium=RSSbsmphilly.com Topics: george tomezskoen-usWed, 22 Jul 2015 18:42:41 -0500Letters to the Editor: July 22, 2015http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jul/22/letters-editor-july-22-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Some neighborhoods are becoming a disgrace</strong></p> <p>I am writing today to ask what has happened to these areas. With all the road construction in the city and on I-95, I take many alternate routes to get home from Center City Philadelphia. I am embarrassed to say that I&rsquo;ve lived in ...Times ReadersWed, 22 Jul 2015 18:42:41 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jul/22/letters-editor-july-22-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: July 15, 2015http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jul/15/letters-editor-july-15-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Playing the blame game</strong></p> <p>In reading George Tomezsko&rsquo;s editorial rant (&ldquo;Continuously Frustrated By An Irresponsible Nation&rdquo; 7-8-15), I was and still am curious about how the Roe V. Wade decision in 1973 has affected our economy.</p> <p>In every editorial he writes, I&rsquo;ve been operating under the assumption that the reason ...Times ReadersWed, 15 Jul 2015 14:48:57 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jul/15/letters-editor-july-15-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: July 1, 2015http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jul/1/letters-editor-july-1-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Slow down on Bustleton Ave.</strong></p> <p>I live on the corner of Hendrix Street and very busy Bustleton Avenue.&nbsp;</p> <p>In light of the recent train derailment and fiery car crashes on Roosevelt Boulevard, high speeds have been an issue that needs to be addressed for public safety.</p> <p>I, too, have been ...Times ReadersWed, 01 Jul 2015 18:12:21 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/jul/1/letters-editor-july-1-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: April 22, 2015http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/apr/22/letters-editor-april-22-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>A Mother&rsquo;s Day poem</strong></p> <p>She was waiting gratitude from her son</p> <p>For everything that she has done,</p> <p>For all the sufferings she felt,</p> <p>For sleepless nights, that she spent.</p> <p>And he grew up, stepped over threshold,</p> <p>About mother&rsquo;s care he forgot,</p> <p>And often she was standing at the fence,</p> <p>Looking ...Times ReadersWed, 22 Apr 2015 17:36:38 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/apr/22/letters-editor-april-22-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: April 8, 2015http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/apr/8/letters-editor-april-8-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Leftist mayoral candidates</strong></p> <p>You could call it the march of the six dwarves. I do. The latest flick for children, you say? No, it&rsquo;s something even stranger: I&rsquo;m referring to the six Democratic candidates for mayor.</p> <p>All of them are cut from various shades of the same cloth &mdash; color ...Times ReadersWed, 08 Apr 2015 18:17:48 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/apr/8/letters-editor-april-8-2015/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSResidents unable to return home after Fox Chase firehttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/jun/11/residents-unable-return-home-after-fox-chase-fire/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Residents of a Fox Chase condominium building hit by a Jan. 30 fire are wondering when they&rsquo;ll be able to go home. They might not return soon. Why is kind of a complicated story.&nbsp;</p> <p>George Tomezsko, a resident of the Pine Views Condominium, said June 4 that the occupants of ...John LoftusWed, 11 Jun 2014 16:26:40 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/jun/11/residents-unable-return-home-after-fox-chase-fire/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: November 6, 2013http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/nov/6/letters-editor-november-6-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Continuing to defend traditional marriage</strong></p> <p>Fall is here, with it, recent issues of the <i>Times</i> bring me news that two local writers have responded to my courageous and spirited defense of traditional marriage (Sept. 4).</p> <p>First, there&rsquo;s Ed Huber, who informs us &ldquo;it&rsquo;s a new world&rdquo; and a &ldquo;far, far, ...Times ReadersWed, 06 Nov 2013 19:42:38 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/nov/6/letters-editor-november-6-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: October 16, 2013http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/16/letters-editor-october-16-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>O&rsquo;Brien has questions about city legal issue</strong></p> <p>I introduced a resolution calling for Council to investigate the city&rsquo;s recent Request for Proposal seeking a single law firm to provide legal representation to all indigent clients when a conflict of interest requires appointment of outside counsel.&nbsp;</p> <p>The right to counsel is ...Times ReadersWed, 16 Oct 2013 19:16:33 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/16/letters-editor-october-16-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: September 25, 2013http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/25/letters-editor-september-25-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Laws on mental illness are insane</strong></p> <p>As in the case of several other mass shooting perpetrators in the past, the D.C. shooter, Aaron Alexis, sought psychiatric help because he was hearing voices in his head, believed that people were following him and that a microwave machine was disrupting his sleep. ...Times ReadersWed, 25 Sep 2013 20:08:07 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/25/letters-editor-september-25-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the Editor: September 4, 2013http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/4/letters-editor-september-4-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>Hey Corbett, stop slashing school funding</strong></p> <p>Dear Gov. Corbett,&nbsp;</p> <p>I was reading some articles about education and something made me Google your name. In particular, I found two things of interest I want to share with you.</p> <p>The first is the official Gov. Tom Corbett Facebook page, which shows the ...Times ReadersWed, 04 Sep 2013 19:22:55 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/sep/4/letters-editor-september-4-20132/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLetters to the editor November 16, 2011 editionhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/nov/17/4161-letters-to-the-editor-november-16-2011-edition.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>They didn&rsquo;t raise cain when Clinton misbehaved</p> <p>I found it almost humorous that conservative talk-show host Dom Giordano stated that most of his callers are upset that Herman Cain is being picked on so much. They claim that Bill Clinton was not picked on like that.</p> <p>First off, these women ...Our readersThu, 17 Nov 2011 13:05:00 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/nov/17/4161-letters-to-the-editor-november-16-2011-edition.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS